Special Language of Acting

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Across
  1. 2. on the visible stage
  2. 6. the part of the stage toward the audience
  3. 7. to speak when someone else is specking
  4. 9. the marking of a script for one character, indicating interpretation, pauses, phasing, stress and so on
  5. 10. the movement by an actor from one location to another
  6. 11. off the visible stage
  7. 15. all the stage furnishings, including furniture and those items brought onstage by the actors
  8. 16. to move onto the stage
  9. 17. to move off of the stage
Down
  1. 1. the stage command for actors to take their positions at the opening of an act or scene
  2. 3. half-sheet pages of a script that contain the line, cues, and business for one character
  3. 4. a movement in a direction opposite to a cross to balance the stage picture
  4. 5. the area behind the set or that part of the stage that is not visible to the audience
  5. 8. the movement or sweep of the play as it progresses
  6. 12. to supply (an actor, especially a comedian) with lines or action, the responses to which are expected to elicit laughter.
  7. 13. the unstated or "between the lines" Meaning that an actor must draw from the script
  8. 14. to improvise stage business or conversation